Addition of Frequencies: Combining Same Phase, Different Amplitudes

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The discussion focuses on the mathematical addition of two sinusoidal waves with the same phase but different amplitudes. When combining two waves represented as ##a_1 \sin{φ}## and ##a_2 \sin{φ}##, the resulting wave is expressed as ##(a_1 + a_2) \sin φ##. It is clarified that while two signals can momentarily have coinciding phases, they cannot maintain the same phase if their frequencies differ. The conversation suggests that the user may be considering the addition of two signals with the same frequency for a simpler analysis.

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i want to add two frequencies having same phase but different amplitudes, in what manner i can proceed ?
 
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If you have two amplitudes ##a_1, a_2## and the same phase ##φ## then your waves are ##a_ 1 \sin{φ}## and ##a_ 2 \sin{φ}## so the resulting wave is ##(a_1 + a_2) \sin φ##.
 
henil said:
i want to add two frequencies having same phase
The phases of any two signals with different frequencies will coincide momentarily at a rate equal to the difference in the frequencies
but they cannot 'have the same phase'. You can, of course, choose your time origin to be when the phases of both signals are both zero. This would make the starting equation simpler.
Could it be that you are adding two signals with the same frequency.
 

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